This shocking CCTV footage shows the moment a pedestrian was hit by a car and thrown through the air on a garage forecourt.

Jamie Topliss-Yates, 34, says he is lucky to be alive after being hit by Zaid Bhamji’s Mercedes at a BP garage in Chanterlands Avenue, west Hull.

The film, released by the Crown Prosecution Service with his consent, shows him trying to run out of the way before rolling across the bonnet with such force his head smashes the windscreen, and he is hurled through the air.

Jamie Topliss-Yates knew he was going to be hit by the car

He landed "heavily" on his side a few feet away, shattering his pelvis.

Describing the incident as he continues to recover from his injuries at his Avenues home, Mr Topliss-Yates said: "Strange things went through my head as I hit the car.

"I remember the horrible moment of inevitability when I realised no matter how fast I moved, I wasn't going to get out of the way.

Zaid Bhamji, right, arrives at Hull Magistrates' Court

"I hit the windscreen and flew through the air. I thought 'I'm dead, my head has been smashed and I'm going to hit the floor'.

"But it's strange the messages you get from your brain. Another part of my brain thought 'Oh, my sinuses have cleared'. It was a horrible moment. I thought I was going to die."

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He also revealed the bizarre comment Bhamji made after getting out of his car.

Jamie Topliss-Yates hit the bonnet with such force he smashed the windscreen

Mr Topliss-Yates said: "He got out of the car and said, 'Why did you just stand there, bruv'? I just looked at him and thought, 'What, apart from running out of the way'?

"The ambulance came very quickly. I was conscious all the time, but I remember trying to stand up; my leg gave way and there was this awful pain."

Bhamji, a sales manager, also of west Hull, admitted dangerous driving when he appeared at Hull Magistrates' Court on Wednesday.

He received a six-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, and was ordered to do 260 hours of unpaid work. He was also banned from driving for two years.

People rushed to help Jamie Topliss-Yates after he was hit by the car

Mr Topliss-Yates called the sentence "disappointing", and said: "Maybe if he'd got a custodial sentence he'd have thought 'I may have done something really bad here'. To think of the ridiculousness of how fast he was driving across a petrol station forecourt..."

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Witnesses estimated Bhamji's speed as between 20mph and 30mph, but his victim believes it was much faster.

Mr Topliss-Yates was on his way to the kiosk to pay for fuel when the incident happened on a wet night on January 14. Bhamji was leaving the car park at the rear of the garage and was "in a rush" to get home.

Mr Topliss-Yates says he is only now getting back his mobility and independence after using a wheelchair and crutches.

He requires physiotherapy and is awaiting a brain scan after noticing he sometimes "stumbles" in his speech.

The life model, who poses for artists, has also lost work and seen his family life disrupted.

"I've not been able to see my kids as much, I've not been able to work, and I've not been able to drive," he said. "But the fracture in my pelvis has healed okay, and I'm lucky to be alive."